Camp des deux arbres, Gadoufaoua: Albian, Niger
collected by P. Taquet, G. Ligabue 1965–1966, 1970, 1973

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Taquet 1976
brevirostrine form
    = Araripesuchus sp. Price 1959
Buffetaut and Taquet 1979
GDF 700
    = Araripesuchus wegeneri n. sp. Buffetaut 1981
Buffetaut 1981
Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825
1 individual
    = Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850
Taquet 1970
    = Ouranosaurus nigeriensis n. gen., n. sp. Taquet 1972
Taquet 1972
MNHN GDF 300
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881
Taquet 1970 3 individuals
"Iguanodontidé trapu" (7 measurements)
    = Lurdusaurus arenatus n. gen., n. sp. Taquet and Russell 1999
Taquet and Russell 1999
MNHN GDF 381, 43G, 1700
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
Taquet 1970 1 individual
small individual, right arm, ?Dicraeosaurinae
    = Dicraeosaurinae indet. Janensch 1929
Taquet 1977
    = Nigersaurus taqueti Sereno et al. 1999
Lefebvre et al. 2023
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Reptilia - Testudines
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
Taquet 1976 5 specimens
skull
    = Teneremys lapparenti n. gen., n. sp. de Broin 1980
de Broin 1980
GDF 820–822, 827–828
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Taquet 1976 1 specimen
skeleton
Bivalvia - Unionida - Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera (Pseudunio) saharica n. sp. Mongin and Lapparent 1968
Mongin and Lapparent 1968
Margaritifera (Pseudunio) valdensis (Mantell 1844)
Mongin and Lapparent 1968 1 specimen
Margaritifera (Margaritifera) rhazensis n. sp. Mongin and Lapparent 1968
Mongin and Lapparent 1968
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820
Mongin and Lapparent 1968 1 specimen
? Cuneopsis giganteus Mongin 1963
Mongin and Lapparent 1968 34 specimens
2 forms (one is elongata)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigonioididae
aff. Trigonioides sp. Kobayashi and Suzuki 1936
Taquet 1976
see common names

Geography
Country:Niger State/province:Agadez
Coordinates: 16.7° North, 9.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.7° North, 3.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:541 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
*Period:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tegama Formation:Elrhaz
Local section:GAD Local bed:5
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: GAD 5 is in the upper part of the Elrhaz Formation, slightly higher than the Niveau des Innocents site
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:many
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Encrustation:none
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Collectors:P. Taquet, G. Ligabue Collection dates:1965–1966, 1970, 1973
Metadata
Database number:28569
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-02-19 15:33:53 Last modified:2019-04-18 10:24:46
Access level:the public Released:2003-02-19 15:33:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
68572. P. Taquet. 1967. Découvertes paléontologiques récentes dans le Nord du Niger [Recent paleontological discoveries in the north of Niger]. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 163:415-418 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

68630 A. Azzaroli. 1972. I dinosauri in Africa [Dinosaurs in Africa]. In G. Ligabue, G. Pinna, A. Azzaroli, & P. Taquet (eds.), I Dinosauri del Teneré 42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52018 F. Bertozzo, B. Favaretto, M. Bon and F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2013. Il paratipo di Ouranosaurus nigeriensis Taquet, 1976 (Ornithischia, Ornithopoda) esposto al Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia: storia del reperto e prospettive per studi di dettaglio [The paratype of Ouranosaurus nigeriensis Taquet, 1976 (Ornithischia, Ornithopoda) exhibited at the Museum of Natural History of Venice: history of discovery and prospects for detailed studies]. Bollettino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia 64:119-130 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
39665 E. Buffetaut. 1981. Die biogeographische Geschichte der Krokodilier, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art, Araripesuchus wegeneri [The biogeographic history of the crocodilians, with decrtiption of a new species, Araripesuchus wegeneri]. Geologische Rundschau 70(2):611-624 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
26123 E. Buffetaut and P. Taquet. 1979. An early Cretaceous terrestrial crocodilian and the opening of the South Atlantic. Nature 280:486-487 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
60341 P. J. Currie and K. Padian. 1997. Institute de Paléontologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 368-369 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65744 F. de Broin. 1980. Les tortues de Gadoufaoua (Aptien du Niger); aperçu sur la Paléobiogéographie des Pelomedusidae (Pleurodira). Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 139:39-46 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
64413 A. de Ricqlès. 1967. La paléontologie de terrain: un bilan international [Paleontology in the field: an international report]. Atomes 243:337-341 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
85593 R. Lefebvre, R. Allain, and A. Houssaye. 2023. What’s inside a sauropod limb? First three-dimensional investigation of the limb long bone microanatomy of a sauropod dinosaur, Nigersaurus taqueti (Neosauropoda, Rebbachisauridae), and implications for the weight-bearing function. Palaeontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78632 D. Mongin and A. F. d. Lapparent. 1968. Étude paléontologique de Lamellibranches limniques récoltés dans le Crétacé inférieur du Niger (Afrique) [Paleontological study of the limnic lamellibranchs recovered in the Lower Cretaceous of Niger (Africa)]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 10:148-155 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68629 G. Pinna. 1972. Le ricerche paleontologiche italiane nel Niger [Italian paleontological research in Niger]. In G. Ligabue, G. Pinna, A. Azzaroli, & P. Taquet (eds.), I Dinosauri del Teneré 41:61-74 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17065ETE P. Taquet. 1970. Sur le gisement de Dinosauriens et de Crocodiliens de Gadoufaoua (République du Niger) [On the dinosaur and crocodilian locality of Gadoufaoua (Republic of Niger)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 271:38-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68627 P. Taquet. 1972. Il giacimento di Gadoufaoua [The locality of Gadoufaoua]. In G. Ligabue, G. Pinna, A. Azzaroli, & P. Taquet (eds.), I Dinosauri del Teneré 41:51-60 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68573 P. Taquet. 1975. Remarques sur l'évolution des iguanodontidés et l'origine des hadrosauridés [Remarks on the evolution of iguanodontids and the origin of hadrosaurids]. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 218:503-511 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
25315ETE P. Taquet. 1976. Géologie et Paléontologie du Gisement de Gadoufaoua (Aptien du Niger) [Geology and Paleontology of the Gadoufaoua Locality (Aptian of Niger)]. Cahiers de Paléontologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris 1-191 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68574 P. Taquet. 1977. Les découvertes récentes de Dinosaures du Jurassique et du Crétacé en Afrique, au Proche et Moyen-Orient et en Inde [Recent discoveries of dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in Africa, the Near and Middle East, and India]. Mémoire Hors Serie—Société Géologique de France 8:325-330 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
37176 P. Taquet. 1982. The Aptian fossil locality of Gadoufaoua in the Republic of Niger. National Geographic Society Research Reports 14:649-653 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
63571 P. Taquet. 1984. I dinosauri d’Africa [The dinosaurs of Africa]. In G. M. Ronzoni, M. L. Greggio, & T. B. Guarinoni (eds.), Sulle Orme dei Dinosauri 75-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
7886 P. Taquet and D. A. Russell. 1999. A massively-constructed iguanodont from Gadoufaoua, Lower Cretaceous of Niger. Annales de Paléontologie 85(1):85-96 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
61518 D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
45777 S. Wenz. 1999. Pliodetes nigeriensis, gen. nov. et. sp. nov., a new semionotid fish from the Lower Cretaceous of Gadoufaoua (Niger Republic): phylogenetic comments. In G. Arratia & H.-P. Schultz (ed.), Mesozoic Fishes 2—Systematics and Fossil Record 107-120 [M. Bell/M. Bell/M. Carrano]